Homebrew PCBs

Hi, just took delivery of my first syringe of solder paste to noodle  
with. As it's pretty likely that I'll be having a lot left after I  
noodle, I'm just wondering whether I should freeze it, or whether that  
might wreck it?

As far as I know freezing is not recommended, it may separate.
Refrigeration is advised.

ST

On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 7:31 AM, Piers Goodhew<piers@...> wrote:
> Hi, just took delivery of my first syringe of solder paste to noodle
> with. As it's pretty likely that I'll be having a lot left after I
> noodle, I'm just wondering whether I should freeze it, or whether that
> might wreck it?
>

Thanks, Stefan.

Well, I have now used it and, while I shouldn't be surprised, it is  
amazing! 0603 LEDs really are easy.

Think I wont be drilling many .8mm holes any more ... I'm an SMD  
zealot now.

Uploaded some pix ... can't say I'm a huge fan of that UI, but they're  
there awaiting approval anyway

PG

On 16/08/2009, at 4:08 PM, Stefan Trethan wrote:

> As far as I know freezing is not recommended, it may separate.
> Refrigeration is advised.
>
> ST
>
> On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 7:31 AM, Piers Goodhew<piers@u-h-p.com> wrote:
> > Hi, just took delivery of my first syringe of solder paste to noodle
> > with. As it's pretty likely that I'll be having a lot left after I
> > noodle, I'm just wondering whether I should freeze it, or whether  
> that
> > might wreck it?
> >
>
>

What kind of solder paste you use, please?
Cristian 

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It's made by http://www.aimsolder.com.au

I bought it at Jaycar, http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=NS3038&keywords=solder+paste&form=KEYWORD 
  - pretty much my only choice of walk-in-and-buy-it supplier.

Given that we're high wage anglophones, it's probably not sold widely  
around the world

It worked well - it appeared to melt quickly to a sort of grey blob  
(which did conduct electricity, but was not very strong). After much  
more time, it suddenly went white-then-silver and the surface tension  
did its thing.

On 16/08/2009, at 8:15 PM, Cristian wrote:

> What kind of solder paste you use, please?
> Cristian
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